Cara Úr / A New Friend

The children made a new friend this summer. He is actually their 4th cousin. Caoimhin is from Derry and he came to Tory for a few days with this granny and grandad. They used to come to Tory quite often but hadn't been for 18 years!! I'm sure they saw a lot of changes. This photo is of Amiee, Caoimhin, Cobhlaith and Caoilte on the pier looking out for the dolphin :)

More Luminarium Pics

Didn't realise that I can only post 5 photos at a time. Here are a few more of the Luminarium

Levity II Luminarium

As part of the Errigal Arts Festival, the Levity II Luminarium was at the Town Park in Letterkenny from 12 - 15 July. We visited on the Thursday evening. We weren't prepared for the queueing though! Here are a few photos, the first one was taken on the Wednesday evening as they were setting up.

New Leisure Centre at Letterkenny

The new Leisure Centre at Letterkenny is finally open for business, so Caoilte Cobhlaith and I went to see what was there on July 11. The swimming pool looks great and we can't wait to go there, there were lots of families there today. The play area outside is on the small side and there were so many children there today that Caoilte and Cobhlaith had to wait ages to get on the toys that they wanted to have a go on, but we waited and they got on them!! Hurrah - a new place to visit :)

Joe and Anne Kane's Pottery and Tea Room

This is a fabulous place to go and look at the fantastic ceramic wall hangings that Joe now makes and the jewellery that Anne makes. The Kanes live in the most beautiful old rectory house at Moyra, near Falcarragh. Their studio, shop and tea room are in the downstairs section of the house. It is so relaxing to sit in the tea room and sip tea, coffee and eat the most delicious cakes and pies. On a cold day there is a log fire blazing which adds to the atmosphere. I love this place. These photos were taken on July 10th. Caoilte, Cobhlaith, Nan and I spent about an hour or so there, when Caoilte and Cobhlaith finished their chocolate cake they sat at the fireside reading books, whilst Nan and I drooled over the beautiful jewellery and wall hangings. We were also enquiring about Joe's new book of poetry which we found out was being launched the following week, so I'll blog about that later on. Here are a few pics of the day.

Tagged Again

Ok, so I've been tagged by Audrey a second time!! Thank you Audrey : )

So I have to list 7 things about me and then tag 7 people to do the same about themselves:

mmmmm - here goes

1. I live on an island
2. I was born in New York
3. I was a member of the Donegal Mountain Rescue Team
4. Irish lace crochet was my first craft
5 I lived in Provincetown, MA for a year
6. I have been suffering from cfs this summer
7. I am a hoarder!

I am tagging:

Neasa
Corina
CarolineO
Gertie
Ellsese
Lainey
Eva

Tagged - Rockin Girl Blogger

Thank you Audrey!! And sorry that this has taken so long. I'm not sure who to tag at this stage as every blogger I know has been tagged on this one already :( Can I tag you back???

Tagged

I was really chuffed that Audrey nominated me as a Rockin' Girl Blogger ;-)

The Rockin' Girl Blogger idea originated from Roberta Ferguson. It works like this ... you have to give her credit, put up the badge and finally, add 5 other rockin' girl bloggers to the list.
My chosen bloggers are:

Karen

Amber jane

Neasa

Marlou

Corina